Pope Francis and his most important diplomatic speech of the year: here’s what he said

Jan 08, 2024 00:14

ZENIT Staff

Good News•Local Church

The Camino de Santiago Sets New Record with Nearly Half a Million Pilgrims in 2023

Historic record: almost half a million pilgrims on the Camino de Santiago in 2023, most of them for religious reasons. Americans top the list. Among the Spaniards, Andalusians are the first

Jan 04, 2024 00:39

ZENIT Staff

Good News•Local Church

According to Data of the Israeli Government, the Christian Population Is Growing in Israel

With a 70.5% participation in the labour force in 2022, Christians show a high level of economic activity. However, their participation decreases to 62.2% when Arab Christians are observed specifically.

Jan 04, 2024 00:34

ZENIT Staff

Controversies•Local Church

Gender Ideology Comes to Christmas Cribs… Including with the Help of a Priest

In Capocastello di Mercogliano , a village near Naples, Italy, Father Vitaliano Della Sala defended the representation of Jesus’ birth in a Nativity Scene with two Mothers of the Child Jesus, instead of Mary and Joseph.

Jan 03, 2024 13:08

Rafael Llanes

Local Church

Argentina: In the Era of President Milei, the Catholic Church Gives Up State Funds

This step marks the fulfilment of the announcement made by the Argentine Episcopal Conference in 2018, expressing the intention to give up, gradually, State funds, which at the time represented some 130 million pesos annually.

Jan 03, 2024 12:57

ZENIT Staff

Analysis Opinion

Mindfulness and the Catholic Faith: Psychologists’ Research and Experts’ Testimonies Warn Against the Practice

A method with a marketing orchestration that intervenes in the psycho-spiritual sphere, in the order of beliefs, in people’s psyche, which is of clear Buddhist root, able to attract followers also in some Universities, to permeate the academic arena.

Jan 02, 2024 23:33

ZENIT Staff

Controversy Over Disagreements Between France and the Vatican Regarding the Pope’s Trip? The Trip Macron Wanted and the One Leo XIV Decided On

Macron had requested a private moment with Leo XIV inside the cathedral so that he could personally show him the reconstruction undertaken after the 2019 fire. The request was transmitted through diplomatic channels and the answer from the Holy See was no

Good social relations, the common good, and three matters of the utmost urgency, according to Leo XIV

Pope’s General Audience, September 16, 2026, on the Human Community

Pope Francis and his most important diplomatic speech of the year: here’s what he said

US$260,000 Fine for Refusing to Issue Homosexual Marriage License

USA, “Ecumenism” and “Inter-Religious Dialogue”: Six Out of Ten Americans Have Friends of Other Religions

England: Teacher Refuses to Teach LGBT Ideology in “Christian” School and Is Persecuted

Idaho receives support from 24 states to protect children’s privacy against gender ideology

USA: Ruling against Apple for freedom of speech and freedom of religion

Federal appeals court rules that doctors and hospitals in Texas are not required to perform abortions

The Camino de Santiago Sets New Record with Nearly Half a Million Pilgrims in 2023

According to Data of the Israeli Government, the Christian Population Is Growing in Israel

Gender Ideology Comes to Christmas Cribs… Including with the Help of a Priest

Argentina: In the Era of President Milei, the Catholic Church Gives Up State Funds

Mindfulness and the Catholic Faith: Psychologists’ Research and Experts’ Testimonies Warn Against the Practice